TAFF Progress Report #3

1962

This is the third TAFF progress report published in the interests of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund by Ron Ellik, 127 Bennett Avenue, Long Beach 3, California. Note that 1825 Greenfield Avenue, Los Angeles 25, California, is a currently good address for personal correspondence, but Bennett Avenue is a permanent family address, used for TAFF business.

The final results from both sides of the Atlantic are presented here to provide official notification of the outcome of the recent campaign. ETHEL LINDSAY will be the TAFF delegate at the Chicago Convention this Labor Day Weekend; her complete travel plans will undoubtedly appear in several fanzines.

A breakdown of the voting of the last month and a half reveals some interesting patterns. Approximately 80% of the British vote was cast during this period – at and following the annual BritCon. A large percentage of the American vote – nearly 1/3-arrived during the final two weeks. The breakdown:

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Ethel Lindsay Eddie Jones
US UK US UK
Prior to Easter 41 12 22 2
to 1 May 5 17 6 12
to 15 May 2 2 2 10
to 31 May 33 10 5 5
__ __ __ __
Sub-totals 81 45 31 29

TOTAL VOTES CAST: Ethel, 122; Eddie, 64. US, 116; UK, 70. Sum: 186. This does not include the following: 7 contributions with no vote; 4 voters disallowed through insufficient contact with the field; 3 write-in votes (1 for Norman Shorrock; 1 for Eric Bentcliffe; 1 for Art Years); and 3 disqualified by late arrival. This makes the grand total 186 valid votes plus 17 not affecting the results. GRAND TOTAL: 203

FINANCES: For the first time, TAFF is uncomfortably comfortable. The administrators hesitate to admit how generous fandom has been in the past five months, for fear that it will smother interest in TAFF. On the other hand, we feel extremely gratified at this expression of interest – and we are happy to be able to concentrate on recruiting candidates for TAFF and gathering votes without having to continually pass the hat. However, don't let a fat kitty stop you from encouraging your favorite fan to stand for TAFF – and don't feel embarrassed about sending money in any amount, because trans-Atlantic jet planes aren't cheap, and TAFF won't always have money socked away.

Dollars (approx equals) Sterling
Cash held by Ron Ellik, 31 May 1962 $576 £204-15-0
Cash held by Eric Bentcliffe, 31 May 286.00 101-9-5
Subtotal at close of campaign 862.00 306-4-5
Less price of Ethel's ticket;
London-NY and return
462.00 163-15-0
Balance toward next TAFF trip 400-00 142-4-0

Thus, in the five months since my first TAFF flyer was published, fandom has contributed $350.00 to TAFF. Over fifty dollars of this (to be exact, £19-15-10½d) was donated by the British SF Convention in Harrogate through the generosity of Chairman Ron Bennett, who pledged half his auction proceeds to TAFF.

VOTERS: The following 203 people fall into one of the categories overpage [i.e. above]; late voters and ineligible voters have been notified.

JAdams
BAldiss
DWAnderson
DArcher
FWArnold
EJBaker
HBall
WBallard
DBarber
RBarto
CBeck
RBennett
RBergeron
RBerman
SBirchby
RBoggs
JBonifas
RPBrown
KBulmer
PBulmer
ABurns
FMBusby
KMCarlson
JCaughran
JCawthorn
AChamberlain
GATWCharters
KCheslin
RChristenberry
Jeff Collins
JCoulson
RCoulson
GDaniels
RJDaniels
GDeindorfer
CBDemmon
FMDietz Jr.
MDomina
BDonaho
DEdler
MEdler
RHEney
BEvans
AEversfield
NFalasca
DFaulknerLstF
RCFinch
EFirestone
DFitch
DFord
MFord
TForsyth
DFranson
DGeldart
RGindorf
TGrade
WDGrant
BGray
RGray
EEGreenleaf
JGroves
DHale
CFHanson
JHarness
PHarrell
CHarris
GRHeap
KHedberg
BHenstell
SHereford
JHerzog
RHickey
AHill
SHoffman
PHope
JHumphries
FHunter
FWJackson
ERJames
TJeeves
MJohnson
SAJohnson
Eddie Jones
Eric Jones
LKaye
Pat Kearney
BFKeifer
SKidd
RKidder
JKing
SKing
HKolchak
BKujawa
DAKyle
RKyle
JLamb
ALewis WC
BLichtman
JLinwood
DLocke
GLocke
AF Lopez
DLupoff
PLupoff
Hal Lynch
PMabey
IMcAuley
LMcCombs
KMcIntyre
PRMcKnight
RAMadle
PMansfield
HMargeit
AMartine
AMercer
ERMeskys
VMille
CMiller
FMiles
PMilnes
MMcoller
AS Moffatt
LJMoffatt
John Nash
Joe Navin
PNicolas
Fnorwood
MButtall
GOmacht
John Owen
DWPardoe
EParker
EParkes
KParkes
JPatrizio
FPattern
BEPelz
FJPerley
HRPessina
EPeters
IPeters
IPotter
KPotter
Jack Price
BRaeburn
GNRaybin
BRichardson
ARogers
PRogers
JRoles
JRoot
IRRosenblum
Vic Ryan
TSchluek
Pat Scott
Bob Shaw
LTShaw
NShaw
Sadie Shaw
IShorrock
NShorrock
Joyce Slater
Ken Slater
Coral Smith
Rick SNeary
GWSpencer
NFStanley
Lou Tabakow
Roy Tackett
Dale Tarr
WThadewald
AThomson
STolliver
BRToskey
Bjo Trimble
John Trimble
Ted Tubb
ETurner
DAVanderwerd
BVarley
FVarley
MVersins
PVersins
Tony Walsh
HWarner
RWatts
NWeedall
Jas White
MWillis
WWillis
DAWollheim
Ed Wood
SWoolston

The following TAFF reports are available through either administrator; once pub costs are met, all proceeds go to TAFF: FAKE FAN IN LONDON (Madle's report, $1); COLONIAL EXCURSION (Bennett, $1); TAFF BAEDEKER (Ford, $1.25); EPITAFF (Eric Bentcliffe, $1). One check for $4.25 (or 30/6 sterling) will purchase them all.

And remember, nominations open 1 September....

LASFSRexed 5 June 62

Ron Ellik
127 Bennet Ave.
Long Beach 3, California

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